With Donald Trump his new BFF, Romney decided this would be the opportune time to release his birth certificate. His certificate indicates what we've known for some time. His father, George Romney, was born in Mexico. So Romney had one parent who was born in the United States and one who was born outside of the United States. Ooh. That sounds kind of familiar. So, is Romney eligible to be president? Is Romney an "other?"
According to this article from Reuters, George Romney's eligibility to be president was questioned when he ran in 1968.
Records in a George Romney archive at the University of Michigan describe how questions about his eligibility to be president surfaced almost as soon as he began his short-lived campaign.
In many ways, they appear to echo today's complaints that Trump and some other conservative "birthers" have made about Obama while questioning whether Obama - whose father was from Kenya and mother was from Kansas - was born in Hawaii.
In a paper in November [1968] aimed at clarifying presidential eligibility, the Congressional Research Service declared that the practical, legal meaning of "natural born citizen" would "most likely include" not only anyone born on U.S. soil but anyone born overseas of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen.
"Governor Romney has said repeatedly that he believes President Obama was born in the United States," said Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior adviser to Romney.
However, the presumed Republican nominee has not distanced himself from Trump, creating what some analysts said seems to be a quiet endorsement of Trump's efforts to raise questions about Obama among voters.
So now, because he's such an honorable person, Mitt Romney has decided that this would be a perfect time to release his birth certificate.
Does anyone think that if Donald Trump was questioning President Obama's tax returns, Romney would release his tax returns?
Maybe he's not so honorable.